We talked for a while and then he asked me, “Why don’t you come to Pakistan?” I thought for a minute and said yes! I will go. To be honest I did not know where Pakistan was but I had been praying for 15 years about reaching the multitudes. I promised to go to his city of Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Johnson then asked me to send him $6,000.00 and “we will do something.”

Remember prayer opens doors that only God can open. The date was set and the money God provided was through my chiropractic business. Praise the Lord! I arrived in Lahore and no one was at the airport to meet me because the plane was 6 hours late! Dr. Johnson had called my wife in San Antonio to find out if I was coming to Pakistan. She had a sleepless night wondering why I had not arrived at the appointed time.

My Pakistani friend found me at the airport. As we were driving into the city, I asked him—what is the plan? He told me, we are having a crusade! I asked him, who is the preacher? Dr. Johnson answered, “You are!” He had rented a large tent, lights, microphones, speakers and stage for a six nights miracle crusade. We started with about 400 people and it grew to 5,000 people by the sixth night. Most people walked to the crusade. They were drawn by the miracles and healing. Others were brought to the altar to have demons cast out during the meeting. According to my friend, in that first crusade over 5,000 people were saved! To God Be the Glory!

I attribute this wonderful outreach and bountiful harvest to the hours spent on that dusty old prayer road outside Hereford, TX, where Morris Means taught me to pray and then to go pray some more. In 1992 I sent Dr. Johnson money so he could purchase a tent that could be use for future crusades. When I returned in 1993 to preach the next miracle crusade over 10,000 people were saved. I have been to Pakistan 4 times for crusades that have reached the multitudes with the profits of my business. If you want to be used by God, make a commitment to make time and to find a place to go pray some more. God wants to use you to make a difference in His kingdom. For God is not a respecter of persons. If he can use Dr. Terry Peters, He can use you. All you have to do is…Go Pray Some More!

Dr. Terry H Peters
May 29, 2010
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I learned this scripture in 1970 shortly after I was saved. By 1972 the Lord began to open ministry opportunities through the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship in Amarillo, Texas. Since I was trained by Morris Means to pray and then to pray some more, as chapter president I started a weekly one hour prayer meeting to seek the Lord’s face and His favor to reach lost souls in our area. Only two other men would pray consistently with me every week. Because the Lord promises that if we pray, He will hear, forgive our sin and heal our land, we were able to minister in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma through chapter meetings and conventions.

Throughout the 1970′s I experienced people praying and living the promises of 2Chronicles 7:14. Quoting scriptures is not the same thing as praying. I witnessed an increased anointing in Morris Means’ ministry when he decided to pray a minimum of 8 hours per day. He reasoned that his primary job was to pray and seek the Lord’s face. At any other full time job, he would have to work at least 8 hours per day. Why not pray 8 hours per day?

He was attending a small country church in an abandoned school house at that time. The pastor left and the people asked Morris to step in as pastor. The church continued to prosper under Morris’  leadership and Morris continued to pray faithfully 8 hours per day. Soon the church outgrew the schoolhouse and built a new church and school in a town of 5000 people. The facilities were paid in full but Morris found himself busy taking care of the flock and managing the school. One day he noticed that the anointing was leaving him. And the church was not flourishing. He called a meeting with the Elders and told them his concern about the loss of the anointing. He stressed that he had to go back to praying 8 hours a day like he had done at the old school house.

The Elders told Morris that since he was being paid a salary, Morris had to work at the school and take care of the congregation. Morris knew he needed to pray to have God’s anointing, so he resigned as pastor. When you pray like it says in 2 Chronicles 7:14 an anointing comes on you that exceeds any thing you could have desired. Seek a relationship with God like Morris did 8 hours per day. Do not read the scripture; do what it says and God will marvelously heal your land, your family, and your circumstances. Morris took his job to pray very seriously and sought God’s anointing. Because Morris prayed he reached people who today have Christian ministries all over the world. Remember, if you already pray, well go pray some more!

Dr Terry Peters
Jan 26, 2010
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A los quince días asistí a una reunión de oración en la casa de una pareja Católica carismática. El anfitrión explicaba el don del espíritu santo con la manifestación de lenguas y una señora que habían invitado no podía entender de qué se trataba ese don. Sugirió la señora que quizás si hablaran en lenguas ella podría entender un poco mejor. Lo recuerdo como si fuera hoy. Los anfitriones y todos nosotros nos pusimos de pie. Alzaron sus manos, hablaron en lenguas y yo también hablé en lenguas. Ese don hizo que yo entendiera la Biblia como nunca la había entendido.

Hay muchos que reciben en espíritu santo y oran en lenguas, pero nadie les ha enseñado la importancia de orar continuamente en el espíritu. Por ignorancia no se dan cuenta que al orar en el espíritu santo lo hacen sin egoísmo y en unión con el espíritu santo que habita en todos nosotros. Lo único que hay que hacer es rendir nuestra boca y permitir que el espíritu santo fluya a través de nosotros en una oración perfecta.

Al poco tiempo de haber sido salvo y haber recibido el espíritu santo con la evidencia de lenguas, me mudé a mi pueblo de crianza, Hereford, TX. Mi intención era de testificar a los amigos de mi juventud. Mi consultorio quiropráctico necesitaba un letrero con mi nombre y le pedí a un señor cristiano, Morris Means, que me lo pintara. Mientras pintaba, me hacía preguntas sobre la oración. Le contestaba que oraba por lo menos quince minutos todos los días. Y sin titubear me decía, necesitas orar más; según él, un poco más.

Nos hicimos amigos y cuando le platicaba de mis problemas—me estaba divorciando y no podía ver a los niños—el consejo de Morris era una pregunta, ¿Has orado? Y sin importarle mi respuesta, el consejo era el mismo, pues…ve y ora más. Me enseñó a buscar en Jesucristo la solución a mis problemas. No me mandaba al consejero ni al líder de la iglesia sino al camino polvoriento que rodeaba su casa que él usaba para orar. Como yo tenía mucho tiempo para orar y oraba por horas principalmente en lenguas.

Observé en Morris Means una vida transformada por la oración. Abrió su casa a reuniones de oración para la juventud y por lo tanto se creó un avivamiento en la escuela superior de Hereford en los 1970. Como pastor se entregó a orar 8 horas diarias. La iglesia prosperó con más de 400 miembros cuando decidió que su labor principal era buscar el rostro de Dios con fervor.

Si usted desea prosperar en negocios o en el ministerio cristiano, permítame aconsejarle como Morris lo hacía conmigo. ¿Has orado hoy? Pues…ve y ora más. Quiero animarlos a que hagan una conexión vigente con el Espíritu Santo que vive dentro de usted. Ore un poco más…en lenguas.

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Dr. Terry H Peters, Quiropráctico

Traducido por Gerri Iruegas-Peters

2 de mayo, 2008

]]> http://godsarmytx.com/blog/prayer-exhortations/oracion-846/feed/ 0 http://godsarmytx.com/blog/prayer-exhortations/exhortation-846/ http://godsarmytx.com/blog/prayer-exhortations/exhortation-846/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:07 +0000 admin http://godsarmytx.com/blog/?p=60 I was born again in a small Pentecostal church in 1970, because I wanted some of the joy those people had on their faces when they were praising the Lord during worship service.  I knew I was different inside even though I did not know the vocabulary of being  saved  or what having a  born again  experience meant for my eternal soul.

Two weeks later, I was at a home prayer meeting hosted by a Catholic charismatic couple. The man was teaching about the importance of praying in tongues. A lady, who was a guest, said she really did not understand about praying in tongues. She suggested that maybe if she heard tongues, she would understand the concept. I vividly remember that we all stood up and raised our hands. Our hosts prayed in tongues and I prayed in tongues. When I received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues, the Bible became alive to me.

Many people receive the Holy Spirit and even speak in tongues, but they are not taught to pray continually in the spirit. They do not realize that they could be praying in the spirit– praying unselfishly–interceding according to the Holy Spirit who lives in us. All we have to do is open our mouths and let the Holy Spirit flow through us in a perfect prayer.

Shortly after I was born again and had received the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues, I moved back to my hometown of Hereford, TX. I wanted to start a prayer meeting so I could witness to my childhood friends. My new Chiropractic Office needed my name painted on the door and I heard about a Christian sign painter named Morris Means. As he worked, he asked me if I prayed. Of course, I said. Yes, I pray. Then he asked, for how long do you pray? Oh, at least 15 minutes, I answered. Then he told me that I needed to pray more, and as he put it some more.

Whenever I talked to Morris about my problems–my wife was divorcing me and would not let me see our three children–Morris’  advice to me was a question: Have you prayed? Regardless of my answer Morris always said “Well, go pray some more.”   He trained me to pray to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Because I sought the Lord in prayer, I noticed that my problems seemed to diminish. Morris did not send me to a counselor or a church leader, but directed me to the dusty prayer road outside his rural home. I had lots of time to pray so I spent hours and hours in prayer mostly in tongues.

I observed in Morris Means a life transformed by prayer. His home prayer meetings caused a revival among the high school teenagers of Hereford, TX in the early 1970s.  When as a pastor, he prayed 8 hours per day for the church. It grew to over 400 members, all because he understood his job description as a fervent seeker of God.

If you want to become prosperous both in business and in Christian ministry or leadership, let me give you the advice I received from Morris every time I talk to him:  Have you prayed today? Well, go pray some more! I want to encourage you to reconnect with the Holy Spirit who abides in you. Go pray some more in tongues!

Dr Terry H Peters, Chiropractor 04/28/2008

Cómo orar: los pasos para lograr una vida disciplinada de oración

1. Reconozca que el diablo es nuestro enemigo. Satanás usara todo poder a su alcance para impedir nuestra oración sobretodo si oramos en el Espíritu Santo. Cuando oramos en lenguas, nuestra petición no es egoísta.
2. Haga una agenda de antemano de su semana. Incluya un horario predeterminado para orar durante esa semana ya sea por una hora, por 5 horas o quince horas por semana.
3. Determine dónde va Ud. a orar. Busque un lugar libre de interrupciones cotidianas. En nuestro barrio no hay mucho bullicio y las banquetas son parejas y bien niveladas. Así es que camino y oro a la vez. El orar es buen ejercicio para el alma como el caminar es buen ejercicio para el cuerpo.
4. Si no encuentra tiempo para orar, ore por dos horas consecutivas el domingo por la tarde. Voy a cumplir 70 años y he tenido que alterar mi horario del consultorio para tener energía para orar.
5. Si realmente se encuentra demasiado agotado para orar, busque la manera de enchufarse a Jesucristo, nuestro intercesor. San Pablo nos mostró una vida ejemplar de oración. Explicó su motivación en Efesios 6:18-20 “Oren en el Espíritu en todo momento, con peticiones y ruegos…Oren también por mí para que, cuando hable, Dios me dé las palabras para dar a conocer con valor el misterio del evangelio…Oren para que lo proclame valerosamente, como debo hacerlo.” En otras palabras San Pablo oraba en el espíritu continuamente par predicar el evangelio con valor que podría interpretarse como osadía o atrevimiento.
6. El orar en lenguas es equivalente al dar el diezmo. Entre más tiempo ore, más tiempo tendrá para jugar golf, visitar a los nietos o hacer otras cosas que le agradan.
7. Así es que les recomiendo como lo hacía mi padre espiritual, Morris Means. Me preguntaba, “?Has orado?” Sin importarle mi respuesta, me decía, “Pues…ve y ora un poco más.”

Dr. Terry H Peters, Quiropráctico
Traducido por Gerri Iruegas-Peters

1. The devil is our enemy. He will use every power he has to stop us from praying – especially in tongues, which is the only unselfish prayer we can utter.
2. Plan your week ahead of time. Schedule time to pray in tongues whether it is one hour per week, 5 hours per week or 15 hours per week.
3. Plan your place of prayer away from life’s distractions. We live in a quiet neighborhood with good sidewalks, so I walk and pray. Praying is good exercise for the soul as walking is for the body.
4. If your schedule is as busy as mine pray for two hours straight on a Sunday afternoon. I’m almost 70 years old and have cut my work schedule to have energy to pray.
5. If you are too tired to pray consider plugging into the source of energy – Jesus, our intercessor. St. Paul modeled an energetic prayer life and in Ephesians 6:18-20 stated “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” In other words He prayed in the spirit continuously in order to preach boldly the gospel.
6. Praying in tongues is like tithing. The more you pray, the more time you have to do what you enjoy like playing golf or spending time with the grandchildren.
7. So as my spiritual father, Morris Means, would ask, Have you prayed? Regardless of the answer, his response was “Well, go pray some more!”

Dr Terry H Peters Chiropractor
04162008 originally generated on 05282007

La antología E. M. Bounds on Prayer fue publicada en 1997 por Whitaker House, 30 Hunt Valley Circle, New Kensington, PA 15068. En el primer capítulo, “La Fuerza que Forma al Mundo” del primer libro, Propósito en Oración, página 13, E M Bounds propone: “El hombre que ha orado múltiples oraciones agradables a Dios es el que ha hecho el verdadero y gran servicio a generaciones por venir.” En otras palabras, Dios nos otorga el privilegio de orar por anticipado por generaciones futuras que jamás conoceremos en nuestras vidas. “Las oraciones de los santos de Dios fortalecen a la generación por nacer contra las olas desoladoras de pecado y maldad. Ay de la generación de hijos…cuyos padres se encuentran demasiado ocupados o son incrédulos en cuanto a la oración… Aquellos cuyos padres y madres les han dejado una herencia de oración son muy afortunados, en verdad.”

En 1982, una de mis tías hizo un estudio genealógico de la familia de mi padre. Mi bisabuelo Peters que nació en 1839, dejó su tierra natal de Alemania y trasladó a su familia a Norte América porque no quería que sus hijos sirvieran en las guerras alemanas de los 1800’s. Nadie sabe cómo oró o cuál fue la petición de mi bisabuelo, sólo sé que de los 471 descendientes ninguno hemos presenciado la guerra. Papá y sus hermanos eran agricultores durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A mis tres hermanos menores les hubiera tocado servir en Viet Nam, pero no tuvieron que hacerlo porque tenían un número elevado en la lotería o por sus estudios universitarios. Mi hermano, el Dr Frank, un sobrino y yo servimos voluntariamente en el servicio militar pero no tuvimos que ir al frente. Si nos aferráramos como padres o abuelos a orar en lenguas hoy mismo por las futuras generaciones, podremos creer con certeza que Dios bendecirá a esos santos por venir. ¡Qué privilegio! que como ancianos guerreros de oración les dejaremos una herencia de oración. Pongámonos a orar más, mucho más por esos que están por nacer.

Se necesitan más padres espirituales en el mundo de hoy

Cuando E.M.Bounds hizo mención de padres que oran, el Señor me recordó de los varones que engendraron en mí la oración o me empujaron hacia el liderazgo en cuestiones espirituales. Se comportaron como “padres” que me dejaron una doble herencia. Mi padre espiritual, Morris Means, me enseñó a orar. Él caminaba y oraba conmigo a su lado en su “sendero de oración” cerca de su casa. Si sospechaba que yo no me estaba enfocando en la oración, me llevaba muy de mañana a los campos aislados del oeste de Texas con las instrucciones de que yo orara hasta el oscurecer. Como mi padre espiritual, él me mandaba hacia Jesucristo para la respuesta de mis agobios y problemas.

En la Fraternidad Internacional de los Hombres de Negocios del Evangelio Completo, los directores me enseñaron a través de su ejemplo cómo dar mi testimonio personal. También cuando venían a las reuniones de mi capítulo o a las convenciones regionales que organizábamos en Lubbock o Amarillo, era para animarnos y apoyar nuestros esfuerzos. Siempre me presentaban a otros directores de otras regiones y me favorecían y animaban con sus contactos. Demos Shakarian es el padre espiritual de FIHNEC. Jamás oí a Demos hablar mal de nadie ni de ninguna organización. Él siempre estaba dispuesto a animar a toda persona. Después de mi primer viaje a Pakistán, él estaba más entusiasmado que yo al enterarse de que más de 5000 personas habían aceptado a Jesucristo. Demos me decía que deberíamos reclamar países para presentárselos a Jesús.

Anímese y conviértase en padre o madre que con múltiples oraciones y diligencia dejará una herencia de oración para las generaciones del porvenir.

Terry H. Peters, DC
Traducido por Gerri Iruegas-Peters
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When I was first saved, I had no job, I had lost my wife and three children and I was a failure as a Doctor of Chiropractic, husband and father. But I did have lots of time to pray. For two years my occupation was attending church and prayer meetings and allowing Morris Means to teach me to pray “some more.” These two years laid the foundation of my walk with Jesus.

The devil is scheming ways to stop you and me from praying in the spirit and with understanding. He knows that if he stops our prayer life, he will be successful in stopping our ministry.

At the beginning of the week, plan out your prayer time. Set aside a certain block of time when you can go into your closet to pray in the spirit. You will find that praying is like tithing. The more you pray, the more time you have to do the things you enjoy. Prayer is the best habit you can ever have because it always bears fruit. The more you pray the more the Lord will use you to win the lost.

Terry H Peters, DC
9/3/2007

Whenever I needed advice, I would talk to Morris about my problems. My wife was divorcing me and would not let me see my three children. Morris’ advice to me was a question: Have you prayed? Regardless of my answer-Morris always said-well, go pray some more. He discipled me to pray to Jesus and the Holy Spirit and I noticed that my problems would be solved. Morris did not send me to a counselor nor a church leader, but directed me to the dusty prayer road outside his rural home. I had lots of time to pray so I spent hours and hours in prayer mostly in tongues.

I observed in Morris Means a life transformed by prayer. His home prayer meeting caused a revival among the high school teenagers of Hereford, TX in the early 1970’s. Then he started praying 8 hours per day for the church he was pastoring. In two years the church grew to over 400 members, all because of his fervently seeking God.

If you want to become prosperous both in business and in Christian ministry or leadership, I want to pass along the advice I still received from Morris every time I talk to him-Have you prayed today? Well, go pray some more!